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LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1838. The doubt we expressed on Wednesday of the resigna ki.rf of rim „Mar q uis of QUEENSBURY of the Lord Lieute nancy of Dumfries-shire is now confirmed. The Noble Marquis has not resigned ; and the arguments which the Times boilt on the resignation are like too many of the arguments .9f our Contemporary, without a foundation. The L 'icensed Victuallers, as appears from an advertise ment in our paper of to-day, are resolved to strike, now that Lord Baotrciram has heated the iron. Against the beer-shops and those who frequent them, the Magis trates, the Clergy, ;.he majority of the Peers and of the Com mons, and all the publicans are arrayed ; and the new born beer-shops must have acquired wonderful strength in the short period of eight years if they successfully resist this fearful odds. We should like to know what the beer shop keepers and those who use them say of the matter. They are the persons chiefly concerned, and their voice ought to be potential. Have they petitioned? We dis• trust the Magistrates and the Parsons. If the Herald meant to argue the Corn-law question fairly with us, it would give, as we give, the entire articles of its opponent. B ping unable to-day to insert our Con temporary's reply, we shall not imitate his bad example and comment on selected passages. On Monday (if we have room to insert our Contemporary's article), we shall show that there are very pointed contradictions between his own strained inferences, but none in our statements. In the Chronicle of yesterday, there were some com ments on the practice of recommittin g public Bills. We fear that this is not the only part of the progress of legis lation which is open to improvement. The manne r of legislating in the British Senate realizes the old saying of " What is everybody's business is nobody's." The Legis lature, from its numbers and from the pressure of its manifold affairs during the very limited period of its sittings, is obviously incapable of giving to the minute provisions of a law, that attention and scrutiny which the subsequent ordeal to which it is subject in the Courts of Law renders necessary. Litigant parties strongly interested in defeating a law which establishes liabilitie s against them, or which limits or lessens eleir rights, engage the most astute lawyers to discover de f. tets by which the purpose of the law may he defeated ;so th,:t if there really be defects, there is little hope of escape fro m detection. Altliough this is the universal trite of all laws, Ole Parliament employs very slight means to rescue them from this risk, and if it were not that the Judges have laid Limn the rule that it is their duty to give effect to every statute which is capable of taking eff ec t, few would he operative accordieg to the plain and obvious expression Of their enactments. But this rule, which puts our laws into operation, at the same time transfers the duty and office of the Legislature to the Judges. It is singular that aniung all the officers of the numerous establishment of the House of Commons, there is none to the uggest the defects of the Public Bills which come before H ouse —defects which it is no part of the business of lhaev.mover of th e l aw to make, but whi c h h e f a ll s i nto from it Iv ! o g ui Lut a narrow expel fence i n th e fi e ld o f l eg i slat i on. that 511,4 seem to b e t h e most natural thing in the world, and asai r e t Should be some office or officer to render advice their Billsa i u n ee to Members, that they may not produce At one tim a: lu d e shape. t he e Jud ges o f t h e land revised, or rather composed, th e will of the Leg satiktutes of each Session—putting tho farm with the gen 4 :r' uce int o a f orm and language uni law which that p ractice ; but the i nconven i ences to rise, l e d to t h e present to the correcti on of :method of every M antbe g:ve hrin ng in his own Bill, su bj ec t el gi would not be a bad ono::_House' at large. This practice tiian s at a ll hands, ig th e l aw amp l e and e and aileurascuch a s it encourages sugges iit pi re te provides the means of mak 13ouse had somebody to assist purposes—ifit ti i i n for the it p s erfo rnlanee o f ibis 'duty —to excite its attention to ceestsi.ecessary points, and to prevent the laws from being ex and contradictory, .as well as make them full and co mp i et v : We cannot but think that it is in o r :i f . n o :o look for con s istent, and even decent legislation — a .nd efficient manner of doing the busines:ofh very. l re . gular gis at . ntil some arrangements are made in t establish public ni tents of the two Houses, for ensurin g t h at the as, well as the private business o f e sl sa ll h ave the benefit of the superintendence of House most e onwers an t w i t h the details of law-making. persons a ;CV @ M em b ers have quite enough to do to ensure that We publish to-day an instructive arithmetical comment on the sugar bounties. What will those persons say who have defended the bounty, on the 'principle that it tends to give the peopl e treacle at a low price, when these figures prove that the: bounty enhances the price of treacle by Ps. per cwt. ? We copy the following article from our respected Con temporary, the Morning Advertiser, and have to observe that there seems to us to be some truth in the fault which t finds as to the sort of persons sometimes chosen to repre sent Irish boroughs. It certainly would be preferable if place-hunting lawyers, whether of the Whig or Tory stamp, were thrown overboard, and in their stead men who couple ability with singleness of motive were oftener appointed to represent some of the liberal Irish constituencies. Dr. STOCK may not be deficient in some of the requisites neces sary to form a decent legislator; but the question is, could not a better choice have been made---could not as honest a politician, and more active representative, been discovered to represent the good people of Cashel ? " The appointment of Mr. Woulfe to the situation of Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer has of course caused a vacancy in the borough of Cashel, which will not, however, we are advised, lead to anything like a sharp cor.test. Cashel is now, and has been for a length of time, what may be called a Government borough to all intents and purposes. This may be deemed a matter of regret or gratulation upon which we offer no opinion, farther than that we dislike to see any place becoming a warm ing-pan for undisguised place-hunters. To seek a seat in Parliament, merely for the purpose of scrambling into a place, although but too often the game played by soi-disant patriots, is one for many rea sons which should be shrouded with a decent ♦eil. It was thought that Richard Moore, Q.C., a candidate for legal promotion, would have been the successor of Mr. Woulfe; but it appears that his courage could not be screwed to the sticking point,' and moreover, that the Cashel Liberal Club could not be prevailed upon to support so recent and doubtful a proselyte. Mr. Spring Rice's son was spoken of, but he will, we believe, succeed Sir David Roche, who will resign his legislative functions as Representative of Limerick, and resume the guardianship of his flour-mills. Counsellor Walsh, a ci.devant mariner and newspaper proprietor, is in the field upon the Radical interest, but we rather think he has no chalice. Dr. Stock, an ecclesiastical lawyer, and the defeated can. didate at the last election for Trinity College, is likely to succeed. Now from all we can hear we think a better, a much better man, might have been chosen. Dr. Stock, a man, we are informed, of not very de cided principles, and by no means shining abilities, who has been made Judge of the Admiralty Court, with the privilege of practising as an ecclesiastical lawyer, is thrust forward to add the responsibility of senatorial labours to his other important duties. This we contend is bad taste, and not over prudent, for we should not go into the highways to seek the halt and the blind—we should not, in a word, select the superannuated and incapable, when we might obtain the tried, the talented, and every way trustworthy. Have we no veteran in the ranks of Reform who would have served his country efficiently, and honoured the selection of the Cashel constituency by his nomination ? Alas ! we know more than one in this country —nay, in this very metro polis, who could have been found, and who would have answered our description—but aliter visum, and they were rejected to make room for men every way their inferiors. In Ireland many could have been pro cured who profess liberal principles, and are neither trimmers nor place hunters. Why nor, for instance, put such a man as Counsellor James Dwyer, of Dublin, in nomination, who has been used to public life, and would have executed the trust with credit to himself, and usefulness to the community? We are heartily sick of seeing men thrusting them selves into Parliament, that it may serve as an excuse to pitchfork them into place." Mr. WALKER, the celebrated engineer, has, at the in stance of the Government, made a report on that great national work, the Thames Tunnel. He is decidedly of opinion that it would bei mprudent to carry on the excava tion farther without adopting some plan for giving greater solidity to the bottom of the river, between the Middlesex shore and the pint which the shield has now reached. The ground under thi s part of the river is composed of materials ro loose that it would be an incalculable ex pense, as well as a dangerous experiment, to proceed further with the shield, under present circumstances. Mr. WALKER recommends that two rows of close piles should be driven into the bed of the river, one row on each side of the line of the tunnel, so that the tops of the piles shall be as high as the tide at low water, and that the space between the rows, after having been emptied of the silt, sand, &c., shall be filled with clay. A considerable time must then be al lowed for solidification, after which the work may be re sumed with every prospect of success. The expense of the piling Mr. WALKER estimates at 10,0001. The excitement caused among Noble Lords and country gentlemen by the new mode of appointing magistrates both in this country and Ireland is highly complimentary to th Government. In no departments was change so much wanted as in those over which Tory Lord-Lieutenant s have so long presided. Owing to the long reign of the party, most of the public functionaries, from the unpaid magistrate to the meanest constable, were of the same caste, and natu rally acted against the Liberal party—the supporters of the Government—at all elections, whether for Members of Parliament, churchwardens and overseers, or parish beadles, The Marquis of NoaNtANBY has introduced a radical change in Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR has also adopted a new plan in this country, by which men of liberal opinions and unblemished character may be appointed to administer justice though they havo not the sea)mmendation of the Lord-Lieutenants Two debates have already taken place in the Lords on these changes, and a third is threatened by Lord WHAENCLIFFE for Monday next. There earl be no obj,c tion to discuss this question on the part of the Government; on the contrary, they ought to be grateful to Noble Lords for pressing it on the notice of the Liberal portion of the public, who have entertained doubts of the sincerity of both Lord GREY'S and Lord MuLaoulisE's Administration, when they kept public functionaries in ofEco. determined to use every means in their power to thwart their measures. Independent of public measures, Reformers had great re :1- son to complain, because the system affected the Municipal Governments of towns, and, to a certa;n extent, their own private interests. How could the people of Leeds or Hud- dersfield be satisfied with Magistrates nominated by the Eat 1 of HAREwoon, or recommended by Lord WHARNCLIFFE They are both Noblemen, no doubt of excellent private character, but they are, unfortunately, imbued with a strong party bias ; and if party bias can exhibit such freaks us the public have witnessed this Session in Elte_ Lion Committees, what might it not do in remote dis•riets, or even in large provincial towns, among magistrates on the Bench ? The people of Leeds have reason to be pleased with the new batch of Magistrates complained of by Lord IlAnwoop—men not "picked up in the streets," as the Duke of WELLINGTON, not for the first time, unfortunately expressed himself, but men of god character, and who enjoy the confidence of the great majority of the industrious population of that thriving though Radical town. We rejoice, thercfore, that there is to be another field-night on this important subj-ct, because we wish well to the Government, and be cause discussion will prove that if they will not remove obnoxious Lords-Lieutenant, they are taking the proper means to render their influence as little injurious as.pos sible to the best supporters of the QUEEN'S Government. The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been received. The National contains a letter from Alexandria, dated the 6th ult., which states that the Consuls of Eng land and France had a conference with the Egyptian VICE., LOY on the subject of his relations with the PORTE. ME• HEMET ALI complained of the spirit in which the SULTAN acted towards him, and urged that it was high time for him to secure the Sovereignty of Egypt to his successor. His present state was an unnatural one, and his care would be to put an end to it as soon as possible. To effect this he sew no course so obvious as that of casting off the Sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire ; and that would be easy, prorided France and England, consulting their own interests, interposed no obstacles in the way of his designs, He would not alarm these Powers by acting precipitately. On the contrary, he was content to await their delibera tions upon the subject, for which purpose he was about to set out for Senaar, where he would remain till October. In the meantime he wished the Consuls to lose no time in officially communicating to their respective Courts the substance of the disclosure he had made to them. Another letter from St. Petersburgh of the 20th ult., states that the EMPEROR had ordered Baron RUCKMAN, Russian Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, recently returned from Bucharest, to proceed to Alexandria, where, in con junction with M. DE IVIEDEra, the Russian Consul, he is good principles shall be adopted in our laws; it is a little too inuch to ask that they should undertake the drudgery of watching every line and word of an Act, and not of one, but of over Act, to prevent the principle which has been rejected in one law from finding its,way into another. We trust that some measures will be taken to give to all Members the requisite advice and assistance on drawing laws, or alterations of laws ; and to save the House of Commons from the discredit into which it has of late years fallen, from not being sufficiently attentive to the details of legislation. We do not ' elieve the imputa tion to be just ; for we believe so numerous assembly to be competent to such a duty ; but it seems necessary that this incompetence, which results from itsMe!nbers, and the excitement of its proceedings, should be provided for by competent officers acting under its controul, who are not subject to the same inconveniences. to counteract by fresh intrigues the influence of England and France. This letter asserts that the EMPEROR has charged M. DE BOUTENIEFF, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, to leave no stone unturned to have his MA JESTY appointed sole umpire in the quarrel between the SULTAN and the VICEROY. For this purpose the most ex tensive powers are given him. The diplomatic labours of a century are suspended upon the result of this intrigue. Unless France and England can be either excluded altoge ther from this negotiation, or made to play the most in ferior parts, there is an end to the all-subduing influence of Russia in the East. Now is the time for the Cabinets of London and Paris to assume a port and language wor thy of their rank in the scale of nations, and of the princi ples of which they are respectively the representatives. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAuta, JULY 5. Five per Cents., Illf. 15c. 20c. 30c. , 40c, Four per Cents., 101 f. 40c. Three per Cents. SOL 30c. 4rc , 50c. 55 c . Bank Actions, 2,6501. 2,645 f. dente de Naples, 98f. 90c. 95c. 90c„ Roman Five percents.. 101%. Spanish Actives, 23 22%%N, Spanish Passives, 41. Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 21 1 4 . Haytnin Loan, 345 E LATEST PRICES. Flve per Cents. 11If. 60c. Three per Cents., 80f. Bank Actions, 2,645 f. Romans, 101%. Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., Spanish Actives, 22%. Spanish Passives, 4%. Haytian Loan, 345 f. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, Puve 26. Five per Cents. Metaniques Four per Cents. 100 1 4 Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1451 -- , lllgemeine Zeitung, July 1. THE THUNDER -STORM YESTER DAY. The neighbourhood of the metropolis was yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, visited by a most dreadful storm of thunder and light. ning, which lasted for a considerable time, and during which, we re gret to state, an awful and fatal calamity occurred at Kensington, In Leonard-place, on the left hand side of the high road, the electric fluid struck the premises of a gentleman named Crickett, residing at No. 12. At the moment of the visitation a boy named Thomas Green, about fourteen years of age, was engaged i❑ the stables attached to Mr. Crickett's coach-houses, which are situate at the bottom of that gentleman's garden, when he was alarmed by a loud and deafening explosion, and at the same moment the horses becoming unmanageable, and endeavouring to break from their stalls, he ran up stairs to the room above, in which the coachman, named Charles Webb, and his wife, were sleep ing. On reaching their door, he observed smoke issuing through the crevices, and on looking in saw Webb and his wile lying on the bed enveloped in flames, which were fast extending them. selves round the room. He immediately rushed down stairs, and out of the back gate into Pembroke-place, screaming " fire." A person named Reeve, residing at No. 3, hearing the alarm, instantly ran in, but in his flurry shut the outer gate after him. That, although about nine feet high, was by the assistance of a female named Collins ►oon scaled by a man of the name of Ternan, residing in Earl.street, whose hands and clothes have been much torn by the spikes on the top, when the three entered the premises. On reaching the door of the room they found it fastened on the inside ; it was however soon broken opeo, when on entering they were nearly forced back by the dense body of smoke and fire with which the room was filled. Their first exertions were directed to the extinguishment of the flames, in which by the help of police constable Swain, T 130, and other persons who had come to their assistance, they were soon successful. An awful sight then pre sented itself, Webb being discovered on the bed quite dead, and by his side his wife in apparently a dying state. They were immediately removed into a large loft adjoining, and surgical assistance sent for. In a few minutes Mr. Carrick, surgeon, of Bath_ place, arrived, when, on examining the body of Webb, he pronounced his death to have been instantaneous. The right arm down to the wrist was much scorched and contra-ted, and the fingers drawn in towards the hand. The right side of the body from the hip to the chest and neck was also very much excoriated. The face, although of a livid hue, appeared uninjured, and the features were perfectly calm, as if in sleep. His unfortunate wife, however, presented a far different and heartrend ing appearance. The upper part of her person was frightfully burnt and disfigured. Over her right eye was a wound, more resembling a pistol shot than any thing else, and the ear on that side was com. pletely shrivelled up. Her features were much distorted, and her face, neck, breast, and arms dreadfully burnt, it is supposed whileendeavouri ng to put out the burning bed-clothes. She was perfectly insensible, but Mr. Carrick finding she was still alive, recommended her being immediately carried to St. George's Hospital. A fly was accordingly procured, in which accompanied by Swain and one of Mr. Crickett's female servants, she was conveyed to the hospital, when the surgeons on examining the injuries she had received, gave it as their opinion that she could not long survive. Shortly after being brought to the hospital she became sensi ble, and in endeavouring to raise herself said, as if speaking to her hus band, and totally unconscious of the awful occurrence, " Charles, why do you bold me down—why don't you let me get up ?" Her vision ap peared to be totally gone, and the surgeons ordered her on no account to be disturbed. The unfortunate couple, who were about 31 years of age, had not been married above 12 months. The effects of the storm had nearly been attended with fatal conse. quences at the residence of Mr. Tabout, a cabinetmaker in East.street, Manchester-square. The family were at breakfast at the time, and the electric fluid descended the chimney, and knocked down Mr. and Mrs. Tabout, who for some moments lay on the floor in a state of insensibility, but shortly afterwards recovered, not much injured. The electric fluid escaped by the beliwires, which it melted. •MORROW ;)GE THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 7,183 S tD\ ERUSEMENTO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,-1 beg you will allow space for a few observations on the real po , ition of this line, from one who is acquainted with every railway in the kingdom. It is amusing to notice how every defect upon this line, however trifling and easily removed, is commented upon and made the foun dation of injurious rumours ; at the same time it would be thought unjust to blame the talented engineers of other lines for the accidents which are continually occurring, and we say nothing about bridges, culverts and embankments, giving way,—continual packing, ballasting, changing and relaying the rails,—delays in opening; and doubled and trebled expenditure on other lines. While making several trips of o b servation on the Great Western Railway, the following facts presented themselves On some parts of the line the motion was very evident, but on others the motion and noise were scarcely perceptible, and this last, too, on parts which have not been touched since the rails were laid. Even on the worst parts, the noise and mo tion are less disegreeable than upon any other line on which I have travelled, and it is seen that in some of the carriages the inconveni ence is hardly felt ; it is therefore only fair to deduce that the fault is not in the mode of laying the rails, and that by attention to the springs of carriages, and to the packing and ballasting the rails, we shall obtain every satisfaction, and this opinion is confirmed by the great improvement which has taken plac e i n th ose parts which h ave b een properly packed and bal lasted. I think it im poss ib le to form a ra il wa y g i v i ng moreease and comfort than are exp e ri ence d upon some portions o f the line, even at pre sent. The lateral motion and unp l easant jolting on other lines are a lt ogether al). sent on this, and there is so much less annoyance from the noise of the engines. The longitudinal bearer of timber is an excellent adoption, and " experience" has satisfied the Dir ectors of the Dublin Railway th a t upon t h at port i on o f the line from which the stone blocks and sleepers have been removed, and replaced by timber, there is les s no i se and motion, and incompara bl y l ess wear and tear, and so evident i s thi s, t h at t h ey h ave d ec id e d upon relaying their whole line on wooden b tarers. Th a t t h e " p il es " are use ful cannot be doubt,i, r b i u •c t tos the d util ity, o comp ar ed o , p to . a e v d o with t he h m e expense , on ntherest is o f t he questionablel line, as su fficient and; aud th e Di. ample bearing can be obtained without them, while a very great expense would be rased, and the completion very much quickened, by this changa in their plans. As to the speed, I calculated it at an average of about 40 miles an hour. Thus, from Paddington to Maidenhead, 23 miles, in 50 minutes, stoppages included, which are about 17 minutes, or 33 minutes actual travelling, On some portions the speed could not be less than 70 miles an hour; and it seems very clear that when the whole line is completed, those carriages, stopping at the principal stations only, may well pro gress at the rate of 55 or 60 unites an hour. As to traffic, it Is steadily increasing, and the receipts have averaged nearly 2,0001. per week—an instance of unparalleled success. I n whatever mannet the line may be formed, the traffic must be enormous; and the public must use the Railway, and there cannot be a doubt that when it is completed, and the long distance passengers use it, it must prove a very superior investment ; its returns are already beyond those of the London and Birmingham for some time after its opening, and are now nearly equal to 5 per cent. upon the estimated expenditure, while the line just named will require three times the amount to produce the same result. The carrir.gcs are, generally, very comfortable, and the arrangements at the stations are exceedingly admirable, and superior to anything else where. I may sum up these observations by stating, that it will not be necessary to take up the rails—the remaining portion will be formed at a less comparative expense—in comfort and ease of travelling it will be unequalled by any line already formed —the lateral motion and napless santjolting will be avoided—the speed will exceed that of every other railway at present existing—there will be less wear and tear, conse quently less annual expenditure—the annual profits must be propor tionate, and the Great Western Railway must prove a source of national, and to the proprietors, individual, advantage. The Directors having borrowed the full sum allowed by the Act, in addition to a sum equal to the uncalled instalments of 351. per share, the proprietors are placed in a position more favourable than any other line can exhibit In conclusion, 1 would beg the owners of Shares not to be alarmed to the sacrifice of their property, but to await patiently the result of .e annual meeting next month, an .I I am sure they will receive ample SCItUTATOR. satisfaction. Maidenhead, July 7, 1838. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF THE BOUNTY. Table showing the ex-duty pric, of West India Sugar iii Mincing. Lne, and comparing the same against the price of foreign sugars : London, July 6, 1638. The Gazette this day quotes the a verage pr i ce of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovade Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 33s. 4d. Yesterday, at auction, in Mincing-'ane, Manilla (free labour sugars from the Philippine Islands) were bought in by the vendor, and from 2ls. to 235. 6 1 This morning Manilla sugar was sold by auction at the Corn. mercial Sale-rooms, Minciag.lane, at from 20s. 6d. to 235. Od. being 10s. per cwt. cheaper thin West India sugar. Refined sugar, equal in quality to d nible refined, has been sold this week (free on board) at 33s. 6d. Deducting shipping charges 2s. 2d.-315.4 ,1 • which is 2s per cwt. cheaper than the Muscovade sugar from which it is made. British treacle is worth 9s. per cwt. in th^ foreign markets. The same has been sold this morning in London at 265. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the Britis consumer of I 7s. per cwt. VAUXHALL. --One of the It interesting galas of the present season will take plic on-Tuesday next, when the Duke of Nassau patronises afete, in ord.ti - - to'witness an ascent of the royal Nassau balloon, which, as all ouveatr,s are aware, descended in the territory of his Serene Highness on the occasion of the grand voyage of 1837, was from that time n amed after hint. The two you ng P r i nces w ill ac company his Serene H ighness. The present effective s:rength of th e N at i ona l G uar ds of Paris is 58,431 men, among whom there are 1,784 officers, and 8,500 non-commissioned officers. The extreme h um i l i ty of the spring has had a disastrous effect on som e o f the more sensitive animals of the menagerie in the Garden of Plants. T to monkey tribe have been the greatest sufferers, chiefly from affectio s of th e c h est, an d a considerable number have died during thelast few .nontils. and HORSE-GUARDS, JULY 6, IS3S. AIEIfORANDUM. JOHN M`DONALD, Adjutani-General LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JULY W.S. W., fine.—Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Creole, Dalrymple, from Rio Janiero ; Emerald, Pearce, Barbadoes ; Resource, Boyle, Sydney; and Don Giovanni, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, Juts 6. Wind S.S.E.to W., fine.—Sailed the DN. gence, navy transport, for the eastward. PLYMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind S.—Arrived off port, the Caroline, Campbell, from Jamaica; and Anna, from ditto. Fa',mourn, Juts s.—Wind S. to S.E., light breezes and fine.—Ar. rived the Lord of the Isles, from Richibucto. LIVERPOOL, JULY 6.—Wind S. to W.—Arrived the Emily, Wardle, from Aricati ; Harkaway, Newcome, from New Orleans; Florence, Barstow, from ditto; Aid-de.Camp, Innes, from Mobile; Propoutis, llowe, from ditto; Harbinger, from Apalachicola ; and Tamerlane, Alibre, from Savannah. Arrived off port, the Rival, from Nassau; London, from New Orleans; St. Lawrence, from ditto; John Trough. ton, from Charleston ; Condor, from ditto ; Macedonia, from Savannah ; and Sir Walter Seott, from Quebec. RAMSGATE, JULY 6.—Arrived the Commerce, Price, Gottenburg. COWES, JULY 6.--Arrived the Calumet, Shrieve, from Batavia; Pal myra, Keith, from Rio Janeiro; Lightcomin, Griffin, from Havanna]) ; and Adeline, Bacon, from New York. OFF cue Wliar, JULY 6.—The Diana, Benson, from St. Thomas ; Angela, from New Orleans; Cheviot, Nichols, from Hobart Town. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 6.—Arrived the Index, Gill, Marseilles. SALCOMRE, JULY s.—Arrived off Cecrops, Finlayson, from Quebec. BRIDGEWATKR, JULY 6.—Arrived the Emerald, Lowther, Prince Ed warA's Island. BRISTOL, JULY 6.—Arrived the Ethelbert, Moore, from Quebec. NEWPORT, JULY 6.—Arrived the Robert Quayle, from Quebec; and Diana, from Memel. MILFORD, JULY 6 . —Arrived the Mentor, Myers, from Dantzic; and Cheviot, James, from Quebec. DUBLIN, JULY s . —Arrived the Jane, Glass, from Trinidad; Visitor, mappett, from Antigua. CORK, JULY 4 — Arrived the Bellona, Le Feuvre, from Gaspe. LIMERICK, JIM.Y 4 Arrived the Energy, Frome, from Quebec. LEITH, JULY 4.—Arrived the Konigsberg, Causick, from Konigs. berg; and Lavinia, Leask, frOm Dantzic. SHIELDS, JULY s . —Arrived tho Margaret Littlejohn, from Riga; Allison, Gray, from Dantzic; and Cassard, Cassard, from Nantes. HULL, JULY 6.—Arrived the Junge Esther, from Copenhagen; and Goode Verwachting, from Kiel. YARMOUTH, JULY 6.—Arrived the Bloom, Bruhn, from Neustadt. HARWICH, JULY 6.—Arrived the St. Jago, Olanderson, Guttenburg. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. We are again this morning without ally arrivals of importance ; con. sequently business and speculation in the funds are dull. Yesterday being the first private transfer day, in Consuls and other Stocks business to a small amount was transacted. Consuls closed at 95i j for the Account, opened this moring at 95i ; Reduced, 94* g ; Exchequer Bills, 72 74 prem. ; India Bonds, 7S ; Bank Stock lower, 205 ; India Stock, 2651 266. In the Foreign Market, the chief attention was towards the New Bel. gjan Loan, in the course of yesterday morning, which did not appear to be favourably received by the speculators. The amount stated was 2,000,0001. sterling. The terms with the contractors are 713 per cent., in Five per Cent, stock, payable in six instalments, the first to be paid of 101 on the 10th July ; the others will come due the Ist of every month, until the lst,of December inclusive. The rates of the Foreign Exchanges did not improve yesterday after noon, and little business was done in them. Spanish Active, 22 1 with Coupons; Portuguese, 36k; Three per Cents., 24i; Brazilian, 80i; Mexican, 25i ; Colombian, 27i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 t i 54k; Belgian, 102* New Belgian Loan, prem We have no news of any descript ritICES OF STOCKS TH.O. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. tai. 9414 1e 3 per Cont. Cons 01%, 3% per Cent. ... . Ditto Ited 1"l a h 3S New 3% per Cent..... Ne a' 5 Der Cent.. B^nk L mgArmultiest , Nexpire Jan. 5, 1860 ...... ..I5 5.-16% 7-16 Oct. 10, 1 554 ion in the City.' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stoek 274 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stuck Old annnities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17 0 0 — Exch. Bills, .CI,OO. ........ 72 74 inn 2 74 ptic Ditto Small .............. 73 75 pi Ditto Commercial .- Jan. 5, 1960 - I Ditto Advertised ..... ...... - - Pre Jan. 5, 16110 ........ - -' Bank Stock for Account... ..... - April 5, 19.41 -1 IndLa Stock for Acc0unt........, - Jan 5. 1870 - Consols for Acconnt I.SN PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNI.S 'l.l-118 DAY AT ONE O'CLOC. Austrian Bonds - I Peruvian Bonds - Belgian &mos.- .... ..• - i Ditto Account ................. Ditto A CCM))) t... • • •—• ••• • •-- I Portuguese lloncls BrariLaii Bond. . ... - ( Ditto Nevi Bone: ... - Utter Account - ............ .. -I Ditto Account ... its, is Ayres Bonds ............ - Ditto, :3 pe.r cent._ . ......... - Digs. Acc.itint ...... ...... .... - Ditto Account • 211 i _ 3 . ,11 •''' hw" l . ••••••• .......... . - Prussian Bends,.... ........... Di.to Account ..... ......... .. - itubaian Bombs 1 822 ..... - Ciisumiiiaii Rolids ...... ....... .... - Ditto Account ....... Ditto A CCOUI i . ..... ... •••••-.• — I Ditto Meanie C du Tibi. Bolide, 1112: 27 i Spanish Bond: Di, to Account - / Ditto Account ..._ ............ D w.. 1 hoods ... ... - ...... 754 5 ' Ditto Bonds, 18:11. • htto Areouut ........ - Ditto Account ' 2 ', , ifii% (ire is Bonds - ..• ... ....... ...-- - French, 5 per cent ........ ..., ___ Aim) t3' ,1,1, . IFt:a - -- 4 per Cent Ditto Acciiunt .......... ...... —— 3 li,r C.4)1 t !lexica') Pari:s, 5 per cent.... -- _ Each snge. Da - to Account .........„ ..... - Dutch, - .6,. per cent ............... 54 l o i m, Ditto, 8 per cent. ........ .. . . ... Ji Account ... -) Ditto, .i per cent ......• 1014% Nea"ilitsli --) Ditto Account ..... ...... ...- - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT (1)).1C,i,E1. O'CLOCK. Per Share 65 79 8 I I 10% Loanosin am. iii.iani Rai1way........ ....» 7 43 2X, a-chestor and Wm .., Ext.ion Rs., Do. 34 3 , 4 Do. Brighton tl:'n'ellielsrino7flth3it:mwmaislnYtis)Cili:;lmt.al,P,:ial P. 5 ........... ...per Company L,,gbhor .......... ........... .. ........ 32 2 EN 'HANCE Y '" " 8 C.F. 12 C, i4ibraltar ........................ 48 Ainsterdurs oU. 12 64 Genoa • ....... ....................'•. ....... ' . 26 5 Rotten/1m P. 3 5 !Milan ........... Antwerp... .. M. 13 l3 12N, I Venice ..................... Hamburg. ....... ...... 13 124 I Naples ....................... 38N, Asplialte, Cla c ri ( d ) i i .e n 's s P k. a . tv o ri F t , , t , , Esr,,RDAY. 25 55 Palermo ...... _. ...................... .... 117 ' " 1 5 7 5 9 9 : : .: 1 N ° R :111 York, Janeir0.,,,,,,,, i k r: 2 . ....... ...................... . g . ... h . ... t . ................ .. ! !4 n uw....... .............. •,s. .„ is on .................................. 5:34 11Irseile , /3 iurdeaux kfort on Maiiii, Ex. rd 154 i B a h ia 27 F.,..0i.. h ruhle ..... :3 Us. 10 0 I Buenos Ayres P-terstiutg . . Berlin rfcctir efl ...... '.? MlO 14 Philadelphia ....... Vicuna. 1 ' , T m ste......tot to lO 15 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. NI e, i rid ..6i Portugal Gold, coin .... ..E0 0 0 '37 Foreign Gold, in bars 317 9 C: 311 •••• ;1,.1 1 :0 t :..i ' a a .:. : :.: y g , h , t s: , h . B i lhoa ... ' 4 6 I New D ou bl oons OO 0 Bacelona 3$ New Dollars Siwilie '''6 . Silver, bars. s t an d ar d O4 1 % 3 per Cent. Censols '.r. , : 5 1. ./.. 1 . 5 . 1 .1 S .2 IO , CKS, DUBLIN, JULY 5. 93% Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 93 , w , per Cell% Stock 10 0 ,,, Ditto, 4 per cent. ... ..... ..... -,'Hibeinian Bank - OrDaniiwCNanesivl'Sit'l3ocli.l . .... .. .. 101's :City of Dulilin Steam Company 1124 92.7‘29,cNiacttyei::itn1 Debentures,tnsinat4ptenrnepeny....... = 334 eallast Office Debentures,4 per - HALF-PAS7' ONE. thing3B Royal *j iT n)ki th t , a ee t Mock: dc i i,i e n t , ri P , " aigo ti l l t s. u. , si.tit various steamers, r :E .: m l u b . k . 3. n e . e . d n . r O s . s t ~ I . s : affairs Account t f 9tlsinieiy United St t a il t l es c . ontinue in a languid state, with scarce any. Great Western and Sirius are looked for during the ensuing week from the United States, and are expected to bring soicneonismoipsortant information both in respect to the commercial and local be Exchequerqucitl for Bills Money 7., premium have uni ; been India9l33 76 premium; Bank Stock 2051 - In the Foreign Market scarce , a bargain doing. Spanish Active a shade lower, 221 with Coupons; Portuguese 361 ; Three per Cents. 241 ; Colombian 27 : Danish 75 ; Dutch 54k. In the Share Market very little doing; prices lower. Great Western fallen to 13 prem Brighton fallen to 1 discount. Claridge's Aspliaite, 6 premium, l on ; ds C = l : ( 7 1) 8 r Consols for the Account, 95a. THREE O'CLOCK. BATTLE U°NSECRATION OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, which is th e second completed out of three district churches within th; parish of Islington,Bainc e.— Th urs d av th e a b ove nea t an d e l egan t s t ructure, underwmt the ceremony of consecration by th e Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of London, in th e presence of a mo s t crowded and fashionable congregation, consisting of the most opulent and influential inhabitants in the neighbourhood. The usual solemni_ ties pertaining to the ceremony of consecration having been performed, the P.ight Rev. Prelate preached a most excellent and appropriate set-_ mon, in which be expatiated upon the increasing wants of spiritual aid in thi s vast metropolis, and the gratifying feeling: with which he viewed the frequent calls upon him to perform that sraportant cc . remony for which they were then assembled. This edifice i ; the second erected in the parish of Islington by the united exertions of the parishioners and the aid of the Bishops, or Metropolis Churches Fund, It is a neat building, of the Gothic order, staeding most eligibly in the main road to Holloway, near its entrance at Battle-bridge. It is bomputed to accommodate 1,100 persons, nearly 300 of which are at. lotted to free sittings, and the whole cost of the building will not exeeod 3,2001., 1 ,100/. of which is subscribed by the " Metropolis Churches Fund," and the remainder by the voluntary sucscriptions of the parishioners. The same sum has been subscribed to one recently conse crated at Holloway, and to the third now in course of erection at the further extremity of the parish, which it is understood will also be con. secrated in the course of two or three weeks, REGULATIONS FOR THE REVIEW IN HYDE-PARK, ON MONDAY, JULY 9. The following troops will be reviewed in Hyde.. Park, on Monday morning next, the 9th inst., at eleven o'clock : Three troops of Royal Horse Artillery, having two guns each; Ist Life Guards; 2d ditto; Royal Horse Guards; 10th Royal Hussars; 12th Royal Lancers. Three Batteries of Field Artillery, having tour guns each. Foot Gt.ard.s —Grenadier Guards, Ist and 3d battalions; Scotch I. usiliers, Ist and 2d battalions; Rifle Brigade, Ist and 2d battalions. The Line to be commanded by General the Marquis of Angesey, K.G. G.C.B. The Royal Artillery to be commanded by Colonel Rogers. The Royal Horse Artillery to be under the immediate command of Lieut.. Colonel Whinyates. The Field Batteries to be under the immediate command of Lieut.- Colonel Cleaveland , The Cavalry to be commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Dalbiac, K.C. H. The Foot. Guards and Infantry of the Line, to be commanded by Major. General D'Oyly. The ground to be kept by detachments of the 4th and 6th Dra goon Guards, and of the 20th Regiment, the respective commanding officers of which will, as soon as pcssible, attend the Quarter-Master General at the Horse Guards, to receive his orders for the performance of this duty. No carriages are to be admitted into the Palk on that day until aft( 1. the troops shall have withdrawn, excepting the carriages of the Royal Family, No horsemen are to be admitted into the Park upon this occasion, with the following exceptions, viz. :—Royal Personages, Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, resident Foreign Ambassadors, and Ministers Ex traordinary, with their respective suites in regular attendance upon them ; and excepting also her Majesty's Ministers, her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp in uniform, mounted Officers belonging to the troops to be reviewed, General Officers in uniform, Commandants of corps in the United Kingdom in uniform. No grooms to be admitted into Hyde-park during the Review, except those belonging to the Royal Family. It is to be distinctly understood, that one line only of spectators is to be kept in Hyde Park during the Review, and that no person what soever, with the exception of the authorities above specified, can be suffered to pass that line. The General Officers and Commanders of Corps who attend the Re view on horseback and in uniform, will be furnished with tickets of admission to the Park, upon applying for the same, either personally or in writing, to the Quarter-Master General, at his office, at the Horse Guards, to-morrow, before seven o'clock, P.M. The Staff to appear in plain uniform upon this occasion. The Riband is not to be worn over the coat. By command of the Right Hon. the General Commanding-in-Chief, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. Mr. J. PARKER moved the second reading of the Fishguard Harbour Bill, No. 2.—Agreed to. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented two petitions against the Middirs ex Comity Courts Bill, and one from the Vestries of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George, against the plurality of votes given by the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and praying for its amendment. Mr. KINisTAIRD presented a petition from the Magistrates of Peril,, complaining that they were not to be properly represented at the Prison Board. PILOTAGE BILL. Captain GORDON presented a - Petition;ainst this Bill. INLAND BONDING. ___...... ----...—. Mr. LASCELLES presented a petition from Wakefield, in favour of inland bonding. SCOTCH ROYAL BURGHS BILL. Mr. PRINGLE presented petitions against this Bill. Mr. F. MAULE said it was not intended to proceed with tha• this session. Mr. WALLACE inquired if the Lord Advocate had received the report respecting the complaint of Wm. Barr, Esq , alleging delays by the Sheriff's of the Upper Ward of the county of Renfrew in adminis teringjustice in their Courts ? And if he had received it, whether be had reported thereon to the Secretary of State fur the Home Depart ment ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he had received a report from the per. son to whom the investigation of the complaint made by Mr. Barr was entrusted, but as it was'.a matter of great consequence, and required fur ther consideration,'he had not yet reported thereon to the Secretary of State. There was not in the report anything affecting the administra. 'ion of justice further than delay alone. But the Bill now before the House effectually guarded against any such delay in ftiture. PRISONS (SCOTLAND) BILL On the motion of Mr. F. MAULE the House went into Committee on the Prisons [Scotland) Bill; Mr. BERNM, in the Chair. On clause 16 being proposed, Mr. KINNAIRD contended that there was no provision made for an adequate representation of the borough magistrates at the General Board, but would not propose any amendment. The Lords Lieutenant of counties, and Sheriff's, were ex officio members of the Board ; surely then some of the borough magistrates should also be so. Mr. PRINGLE said it was proposed that the Lieutenant of the county be an ex officio Member of the Board. Now, that functionary was often absent; he would therefore move that it be" the Lord Lieute. nant, and any Vice. Lieutenant to be named by the Lord Lieutenant." Mr. It. STEUART had never before heard of such a proposition, and it was rile that would be invidious. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Original Motion • . 53 For the Amendment 33 Majority - 7 -20 Mr. CHALMERS moved that all Provosts of Boroughs be et officio members of the County Board for the regulation of the Prisons. After a few words from Mr. F. MAULE, the Hon. Gentleman said the feeling of the Committee had been so decidedly expressed against any addition to ex officio members of the Board, that he would not press his amendment. The Clause was then agreed to, Clauses up to 30 were also agreed to, with a rather desultory discussion. On Clause 31, Mr. HAWES moved the omission of the Clause. The Gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, and the Clause was agreed to. Clauses 32 and 33 were also agreed to. Mr. F. MAULE moved a provision in the 34• h clause, to the effect that the General Board be authorized to levy upon each county such sum as they might deem necessary for the building, repairing, or alter. ing the prisons. Mr. BLAIR submitted that the districts ought only to be assessed according to the amount of crime, and not the amount of population. The plan proposed would give the manufacturing districts a great ad vantage over the rural districts, for while in some of the latter the ex_ pence of maintaining a prisoner was 451. a year, in Edinburgh it only amounted to ill. Ils. 6d; and in Lanarkshire (in which Gla-gow was situated) only Si. Ss. He proposed, therefore, as an amendment, that the estimate be formed on the amount of crime, and that the word population be omit ted. Mr. FOX MAULE opposed the amendment, as did, The LORD ADVOCATE who said that the provision had not been introduced without the most mature consideration. SECOND EDITION. After a few words from Mr. Marie, Mr. BLAIR withdrew his amendment, and the clause, as amender', was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses from 35 to 45 were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments, The remaining clauses were agreed to. Mr. LOCKHART inquired when the Bill was likely to be reported ? The LORD ADVOCATE replied on Monday. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply , which was agreed to. 1 be Vagrant Act Amendment Bill was reported. The Qualification of Members' Bill was further considered, and some amendments proposed by Sir E. SUDGEN were agreed to, after a few ob. serrations from Mr. WARBURTON. ARMS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time on the motion of Lord MORPETU. Mr. HUTT brought up the Report of the Committee on the South Australian Act Amendment Bill. To be read a third time on Monday. Lord MORPETH moved the second reading of the county of Clare Advance Bill. The Noble Lord said the Bill was rendered necessary from the defalcation of the Treasurer of the County of Clare, and it was to provide for the payment of the wages of road contract.jrs and others, who could not be paid without it. The House then Adjourned. TILE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 205 k India Stock 4,63 3 per Cent. Red 94% Ditto Bonds 7 i 3 per Cent Cons 031 , . Ditto Old Annuities SS per Cent 101% Ditto New Annuities 3S per Cent. Red 101% Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2%,1 "4 pir. New 3 , ' per Cent 101% Ditto 50 1 74 pir Long Asintlities to expire Ditto 500/ 5 p 1 Jan. 185 , 1 Oct. 1850 Jan. 1260 FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 3 per cent Portuguese Ponds, ser rent.. Belgian, 5 per cent 102% Ditto New p Ditto Brazilian Bonds 79X Prussian, 5 p er cent 6X Buenos Ayr a, 6 per cent. — Russian Bonds, S per cent 11:1 Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent -_-.. Spanish, 5 per cent 2 2 1, Ditto, 0424 .. Danish, 3 per cent 75 French, 5 per cent. 1 i It --• Greek Bonds, 1825,5 per cent — Exchange 2sf tOc Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3 per cent Bof. 25 . Ditto, Si per cent., 1825 I hitch, 2% per cen t. Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. lols (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS DAY). Great Western Railway 7B London and Brighton R.iilwav • London and Birmingham Railway Di:to Quarter Shares London and Southampton Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester and Birmingham Railway B% Ditto Ditto Extension 3X National Loan Fund 3 ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—On Thursday morning, as the half.past nine o'clock train was coming from Denbigh-hall to town, an accident occurred which might have been attended with the most serious results The journey to Ha-row had been performed with the usual safetyand rapidity; when, however, the train had shortly passed that station, one of the policemen gave an intimation that something was out of order. The train was lin mediately stopped by the engineer, a step which caused the greatest alarm to the passel:9;m, who soon vacated their seats to discover the cause of the delay. It was then found out that one of the horse carriages attached to the train was off the line, and had been dragged upwirds of a mile and three-quarters before the stoppage took place, as thy were unable to remove the refractory carriage the engineer unhoeked it, and leaving it behind, the train proceeded rapidly towards its destination.— Morning Chronicle. On - the evening of Thursday, the 26th instant, a party (supposed to be excavators) to the number of six, went to the re sidence of James Hunt, Esq., of ltowden Hill, demanding money, which was as properly as promptly refused by the gentleman himself, who happened to be at home. His refusal, however, to them was not con. sidered as an answer, and consequently they had the daring effrontery to state that they would not leave the premises till their request was res ponded to, by the gift of some cash. Mr. Hunt then threatened that he would set the dog at them, which one of them regarded by declaring that he would cut the animal's throat, and to give weight to his declaration he pulled out his knife fin' the purpose. Trouble some customers most truly; and some time elapsed before they could be got rid of, which Mr. Hunt did eventually by force—placing his hands to their shoulders, &c. Many persons in the neighbourbod have had simi. lar visits from these unwelcome gentry; and only a few days prior to the 26th instant, two of them entered the lodge of Captain Rock, of Lack. ham, violently seizing Mrs. Stockham, and cutting off her pockets, one of which contained three sovereigns and some silver, the other a .51., note, which they luckily, though doubtless unintentionally, allowed to remain. The poor woman was so terrified at being in the hands of such ruffians, that hysterics were the consequence. As yet th• offenders are at large.—Bath Chronicle. SINGULAR FA cT.—ln front of Goldie and Lamb's seedshop on the day of the Coronation, was placed a large cypress plant which had been cut at Monkwood Grove on the previous day. The plant was carted into town with other large shrubs, placed upright in front of the door, and about nine o'clock in the morning, some youngsters who were admiring and scanning Mr. Lamb's exertions, ac. tually discovered a bird's nest entire with four young ones. Mr. L. was apprized of the fact, but ere he c ou ld come to the rescue, the urchins had carried off' the unexpected treasure. —Ayr Observer. PUBLIC EDUCATION AT MALTA.—In fur therance of the plan adopted by the Government for the education of the inb2bitaults of Malta, the school at Zeitun, being one of the five prin cipal schools egablished for the rural districts, was opened on Friday last, and commenced on a stable and regular system. The number of boys already admitted amounts to seventy.five, and there is every rea. son to expect that they will increase, as this school is to serve as the central one for the casals of Zabbar, Tarxen, Luca, and Aschiak. The Committee are now engaged in the necessary preliminary measures for establishing the remaining two schools in Casal Zebbug and Casal Zu. rico, which Would have been already opened, if the difficulty of finding tit places had not delayed the exertions of the Committee. They have bees fortunate enough, however, to have prOcured in Casal Zebbug a very convenient building for the purpose, which may be regarded as central ter the two neighbouring casals of Curmi and Siggioui.— Malta Gazette. ..... . CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.—New church in Lower Gardner -street, Dublin, first stone laid 26th June. Tho church of Upwell, Norfolk, just reopened for divine service, after being closed fur repairs. New Dissenting chapel, Dover, to be (Tema! July 12. New Roman Catholic church recently opened at Banbury, Oxfindshire. St. Paul's Chapel, Kilburn, re opened for divine servico Jury 1, after enlargement and repairs. The Independent chapel, Princes. street, Gravesend, opened for divine service on Stine 21, having been rebuilt on a inure extensive scale than the original edifice. St. Columba church, Hope-street, Glasgow, first stone Just laid. A new Wesleyan chapel to be erected in Nunnery lane, York. Sir Thomas D. Acland is about to erect a church on his estate at Killerten, Broadclist, at a cost of 3,0001, after the design of the Upper Church, Glastonbury. The new church at Flaunden, Hemel Hempstead, has just been consecrated, THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH AGAIN.--At the Strokestown Sessions the Marquis of Westmeath had a vast number of his tenantry processed for the rent which beoamo due on th.: Ist of May last. How much humanity his Lordship boasts of in his place in the House of Lords, whilst nothing but oppression and tyranny is prac. tised at home! Contrast his Lordship's conduct with that of Lords Essex, Lorton, Crofton, &c., and a good deal of the wretchedness of this part of the country will be accounted for. A decree was obtainei against his Lordship by Mr. Cusack for a labourer whom he employed, but for whose labour he did not wish to pay.—lloscomnion Journal, aT 'N (( v ....\ ,; ,4,14".1 p " 111 VOYAGE OF THE GREA he log of the vessel, which is now published, contains some interesting scientific details, and demonstrates that while the Company planned their scheme for pecuniary gaits they did not neglect the improvement Of the art of steam naviga tion. More would,have been accomplished had it not been for the unfortunate and premature death of a e chief engineer, to whom in this publication the following tribute is justly paid by the Company : " in a small book, containing calculation , , made by Mr. Pearne (the .Head Engineer, who unfortunately died at New York), and memoranda of what the engines required to have done to them on arrival, I find written in pencil a copy of a letter, intended either for Messrs. Maude_ lays and Field, or the - Dirertnrs, which, although much rubbed, I have contrived, to decvpher, I think correctly. The blanks left would have been. fiUed in and the letter finished perhaps the same evening on which it pleased the Almighty Disposer of Events by an awful visitation to will it Otherwise. There are no data by whichlo form an opinion of the exact time when the copy was scrawled, but it is not improbable that the last desponding words were per.cilled a very few minutes before the acedent, which was the immediate cause of terminating the existence of a mass, of whose value these pages bear ample testimony. His health was delicate, and it is Frobable the anxiety of mind lie was about to describe, combined with the zealous prosecution of his duties in an enervating and heated atmosphere for fifteen days in succession, tended not a little to prevent his rallying and recovering from the effects of the scalding. In him the Company has lost a valuable servant, and sci ence, in regard to the engineering department, an able chronicler of one of the most interesting expel iments of modern times. The respect ig which he was held by the assistant Engineers is a proof of their estima tion of his talents, and the affectionate manner in which his name is mentioned by the officers of the ship and the young gentlemen (the Cadets) his messmates, to whom it was designed he should endeavour is impart some portion of 'his practical acquirements, is the best proof that can be advanced of the kindliness of his nature, and of his pos. sessing, in addition to judgment, energy, and zeal, other qualities ad, mirably fitting him for the important trust confided to him. " The following is the copy of the letter alluded to : " • Gentlemen,—l beg to announce to you by first ship leaving after our arrival here that we reached this port in rah Worse condition than when we left Bristol, excepting all hands very much fa. tigued. We were fortunate after the first two days were over in getting a slant of wind favourable, then light breezes ahead and fine weather„ with which we ran near to the great bank; after which we had some gales ahead with very heavy seas, in which the ship behaved admirably, although rolling and pitching considerably, as may be imagined ; h er movements, however, were uncommonly easy, and she shipped no water to speak of; our consumption of coal has been greater than calculated upon. We were said to have better than 600 tons on leaving Brist o l, and have new ebout having expended in days during several of which I h a d expans i on valves on various grades and days only the two boilers at work, with a view to save expenditure. / had only to stop twice, once to tighten connecting rod brass, the 3d day, and on the 7th day to overshaui and tighten up bolts in wheels. On the 17th, at 6, p.m., stopped and got sounding on the Bank of Newfound. land. Time engines, lam proud to say, have performed even beyond my expectation, which was at all times sanguine. Some of the little usual difficulties of hot bearings, occasional loss of vacuum, loose joints, &c., were met, and enabled the engines to work as intended. The changing water apparatus has acted to perfection in the two after boilers; in the star beard fore one some confounded piece of saturated wood (I sup,,ose) got into the apertute of the plug in th e co c k and stopped the draw off: Some lesser obStruction occurred in larboard fore cock; 'however, I regulated the gravity of the water by blowing off o_ casionally as required. The paper relating to saltness of water is hide_ cated by hydrometer left with me, which was incorrect, and rather alarmed me at first. Luckily I sent on shore at Bristol for a second hydrometer, and I believe arrived at a definite scale to prove the water. After I got the pumps, &c., proper walk, I never much exceeded two saltnesses of salt water!! in the after boilers, viz., if common salt water eighed 11 degrees, I have not exceeded 25 degree's. In summing up, the engines ate a piece of magnificent perfection." The death of this gentleman prevented the observations from being so correctly registered on the passage home ; but those made on the passage cut, particularly with the hygro meter, demonstrate the complete success of the change pump described in the following passage. One of the boilers it ap rear , by Mr. Pearne's letter, was by some accident plugged, rni the hydrometer shuns that in that boiler which approached the condition of boilers in ordinary steam-vessels the water sometimes reached the density of 48, while in the boilers where the change pump operated it seldom exceeded 22, the cr Inary density of sea water being marked 11. " The boilers of the Great Western are peculiarly constructed, having in height or depth that capacity for generating steam which has hitherto been obtained in lateral *ace. Originally it was settled that there should be two sets of boilers and two chimeies, one set before and one abaft the machinery, but it was thought that the after boilers took off too much space for the saloon, and moreover would be likely to increase the temperature of the accommodations more than would be desirable in warm weather. It was, consequently, arranged that they should all be placed forward, or before the machinery, The depth of the Great Wes tern's hold is 23 feet. The boilers and steam chests occupy the whole space from the platform to the deck, they are four in number, in two compartments, each boiler having a clear passage all round it. There is fitted to each a change waterspump, through which at every stroke of the engine a portion of water is drawn out from the bottom in quantity about one-half that evaporated in the production of steam, the whale of which is, of course, supplied with new sea water, but instead of reaching the boilers in a cold state, it acquires an additional temperature of about 70 degrees, by pas.ing through a system of tubes, around which the hot water flows in its ;massage to the change pump; the water from the boiler is thus cooled down in in the same degree, previous to its being dis.. charged overboard. The merit of this i nvention is Mr. Field's, and it would appear to be second to nothing in its effects on !ratline steaming, The boilers are each furnished with the common blowsoff cocks, whieh may be used in case of need, but with the changing pimps the operation of blowing off is not resorted to, consequently the steam and the state of the fires are much more uniform. The voyage of the Great IVestern out and home has not in the slightest dtgree injured the boilers, nor has it been necessary to renew a single fire.bar. Here is a curious extract, which chews the number of revo lutions made by the wheels; and indicates several improvements which may yet. be made in steam navigation and in our know ledge of various matters connected with the ocean by its means:— "The following I, , gs show the total number of revolutions of the wheels, indicated by the counter on the ship's arrival at. Bristol, to have been 557,454, of which number 297,354 were the revolutions on the passageto New York, and the remainder, 270,100, on the passage home. The diameter of the wheel is 29 feet 9 inches ; the diameter, therefore, of the centre of action of the boards may be assumed to be 26 feet On the outward passage, the wheels traversed 3,670 nautical miles, and on the homeward 3,450. Assuming the distance at 3,000 nautical miles. the wheels lost 670 miles on the farmer, and 450 on the latter passage. The difference ii to be a: counted for by contrary strong winds, and by the current, which impeded her progress, going to the westward in the same ratio as the latter assisted it on her passage home. After a little more experience, it is not too much to assume that the counter will turn out a tolerably correct indicator of the ship's daily runs, and the rate of the current which it is well.known sets with more or less strength from the Westward in the latitudes the Greet Western has to traverse." The little vrmk is appropriately dedicated to the Earl of Mint°, with a well deserved compliment for the kind assistance rendered to the Co►npany by the Board of Admiralty. It will be seen by one of the extracts we have made, that the Company placed on board the Great Western several young gentlemen, to acquire under the skilful engineer, his practical knowledge, thus laying the foundation both for further improvements in the art of steam navigation, and in the condition of the class of men to whom in future the care of the lives and fortunes of numerous other men must necessarily b.? confided. The accidents which Lave lately happened to steam vessels have created a painful solicitude for the character and uquireinents of' those who have the management of them, aid we are inclined to think that the way in which such acci dents can be most effectually guarded against is that adopted by this Company of educating men to the business of marine engineers, and paying then► well. Engineers now fill in society places of the highest importance, and in this age of civilization by the mechanic arts, they ought to be honoured and rewarded as heroes were in ages of barbarous war. To do that would induce a superior class to look to the employ ment, and would, in our opinion, be a greater secur;ty for the lives of those placed under their charge, than all the regula tions which the legislature can devise, and all the inspectors which the Government can appoint. In more senses than one the achievement of the Great Western, -to which we have before adverted with great approbation, marks an important era in the history of steam navigation. The Company to which she belongs, and particularly Mr. Claxton, the manager, deserve honour as well as success. HE 111ARK72...:....ATH1S DAY). COVENT- G A RDEN MARKET Supplies of all kinds were good, and so was trade, The recent hot weather has given a great impulse to vegetation, and the market this morning showed the effect in every department. Prices lower. Asperag:is per bole, 4s. to 12.5.; Celery, N. to 25.; Onions per bunch, 4d. to 9d ; Carrots per dozen, 6s. to 9s. ; Turnips per bunch, 3d. ; Apples per bushel, Gs. to Os.; Rhubarb per bole, 3d. to 3d.; Strawber. ries per pottle, 6d. to Is. 6d.; Cherries per lb., 6d. to 3s. 6d.; Gooseber. ries per sieve, Os 6d. and 55.; Currants per sieve, 3s. to 75.; peas per sieve, 4s. to 65.; new Potatoes per lb., 4d. to Is. HUNGERFORD MARKET. There was a good supply of all kinds to-day, and a good buF.itiess done. Mcat-Beef, 61d. to Bd. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d.; Pork, 71d. to 81d. Fish-Turbot, 58. to 15s. ; soles, Is. ta. 3s. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 3s. each; Salmon, Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. per lb. Ve getables--. Supply good, and prices lower; the demand extensive. Hay and Clover at their previous value. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. . Town and country killed meat in good supply; the quality middling, and the demand languid. In prices there is no alteration. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd.; Lamb, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 4d.; Ves.los. Bd. to 4s. Bd. Poultry in large supply, trade very dull, and prices lower. The following are the quotations of each ofthe articles enumerated :-Geese, 4s. to 55. 6d.; Ducklings, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; Rabblts--tame, Is. Bd.; Leverets, 55.; Turkeys, 4s. 6d.; Chickens, Is. to 25.; Pigeons, 6d. to 9d. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d. Eggs in large supply, the demand dull, and prices lower, being now 45. 6d. to ss. 6d. per 120, CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies much better today than yesterday, and prices lower. Tur.. bot, 4s. to 15s. ; Salmon, Is. to Is. 9d. per lb. ; Lobsters, Is. to 3s. - Mackerel, 3d. to 6d. ; Whi t i ng, 2d. to 4d. each ; Haddock, 4d. eac h for good ; Soles, 6d. to 2s. per pair for good. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. There has not been a n y very extensive business done during the week in these m ar k ets, as our daily reports will have shewn. Thia sales have been numerous, and some of them heavy, and the buyings in have b een ra th er f requent . Th e only alteration which has occurred in prices from those of last week has been in raw Sugar, which is 2s. lower all round. Refined has also de clined. Rum has risen id. to Id, per gallon. Tea has sold at public sale 2d. and 3d. per lb. lower than last public sale. Spices rather lower. Coffee is unaltered, and so is Rice; Cocoa, Indigo, and Cotton have not varied is value. The imports have teen light, and so have been, the exports. The deliveries for consumption have been considerable. ST. M _ARYLEDONE , ANIK FOR SAVINGS, ?6, wumxcL.srusET.—Compuative statement of progress at specified pe riods:— Open Deposit Sums invested 'with Account. National Debt On the sth of July, 1831 Commissioner s ,: ...... 1,013 1832 ....„ 1,617 183 18,":4 1E25 18:.6 184,7 18C 8 J. FINNLY, =cc. a A 4, tYq: .., • , :-...> )